Stationery portfolio



May 24, 1932. A. E. OSBORN 1,359,631

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The subject matter of this application is a stationery portfolio, adapted to'hold writing paper, envelopes and blotting paper in a convenient and compact manner for the purposes of displaying the stationery when the portfolio is stationery from not in use. v

The main object of the invention is to provide a portfolio of the folding type in which the envelopes and writing paper are secured on separate leaves so that either can be removed without disturbing the other.

Another object of the invention is to provide one of the leaves of the portfolio with a plurality of slits arranged parallel to each other, and spaced apart from each other at a distance less than the width of the flap of an envelope designed to be supported by an edge of any of said slits.

Another object of the invention lies in providing the other leaf of the portfolio with a slit through which writing paper may project for convenient removal from a pocket, the entrance of which is formed by said slit.

A further object of the invention resides in mounting a sheet of blotting paper on the said other leaf in convenient position for use.

Still another object of the invention lies in cheapening the manufacture of portfolios of this type by making the stationery holding body thereof from a one-piece blank which can be very readily stamped out in quantities.

Another object of the invention resides in providing the free edges of a two-leaf portfolio of this type with means by'which the free edges of the two leaves can be very cheaply and readily fastened together.

Other objects of the invention will become apparent as the detailed description thereof proceeds.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the port- .folio with parts thereof unfolded to disclose the details of construction;

Fig. 2 is an elevation of a blank from which the portfolio, shown in Fig. 1, is constructed;

1g. 3 is a perspective view of the portopen, and for protecting this injury when the portfolio is 1929. Serial No. 358,640.

folio with stationery mounted in the several parts thereof in convenient position for disp 4 is a vertical section taken on the line H of Fig. 3, the scale being enlarged; and 5 Fig. 5 is a similarsection taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

As shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2 the body of the portfolio is made from a single sheet of stiff paper 1 which is divided into layers 0 2 and 3 by a central crease 4. The layer 3 is intended to be folded about the crease 4 onto the layer 2, and flaps 5, 6 and 7 projecting outwardly. from the layer 2 and foldable about the creases 8, 9 and 10, respectively, are adapted to be folded overthe corresponding edges of the layer 3 and pasted to the front face of layer 3, as shown in Fig. 1, to secure the two layers to each other at their outer edges only.

When the sheet 1 is'folded, as described, and the flaps 5, 6 and 7 are bent over the edges of the'laye'r 3 and fastened thereto to secure the two layers together at their outer edges only, the folded sheet is then provided with parallel creases 11 and 12, about which the leaves 13 and 14 of the portfolio are adapted to be'swung for closing and opening the portfolio. The outer edges of the leaves 13 and 14 are provided with cooperating fastening devices, such as the elements 15 and 16 of the common snap'fasteners, in order to hold the leaves 13 and 14 and their contents in compact closed position.

The inner layer of the leaf 13 is provided with a plurality of slits 17, 18, 19. 20 and 21, adapted to form entrances through the front layer into the space between the two layers and to constitute pockets for the reception of a plurality of packages of envelopes. The several slits are arranged parallel to each other and are spacedapart from each other at a distance slightly less than the width of the flaps of the envelopes. The object of this particular spacing of the slits is to ensure that envelopes hung over the edge of one slit may have either the body or the flap thereof tucked into the slit immediately below the slit on which they are supported.

For example, the distance between the slits 1 17 and 18 in Fig. 1 is less than the width of the flaps 22 of the envelopes 23, the bodies 24 of which are inserted through slits 17 between the inner and outer layers of the leaf 13. This spacing permits the flaps 22 to hang over the edge of the slit 17 and have their lower edges inserted into the slit 18 immediately below the slit 17.

Since the body of the envelope is never less in width than that of its flap, it is obviously immaterial, so far as the packaging of the envelopes is concerned, whether the body or the flap of the envelope be supported in the space between the layers 2 and 3, so long as the other part of the envelope is left outside the layer 3 to be tucked into the slit immediately below the slit on which the envelopes are supported. It is immaterial how many slits are provided in the layer 3 of the leaf 1?) so long as the slits are parallel to each other and spaced apart at distances slightly less than the width of the narrower element of the envelope intended to be supported by the slitted layer.

In claiming this invention, the body of the envelopes and the flaps thereof will be referred to as elements in order that the invention may not be considered as limited to the method of packaging or displaying the envelopes in which the bodies only are supported in the spacebetween the layers 2and 3.

The leaf 1% has the inner layer thereof provided with a slit 25 of a width corresponding to the width of the writing paper 26 (see'Fig. 3) intended to be used with the envelopes supported on the leaf 13. The inner layer of the leaf 14 is also provided with diagonal slits 27, 28, 29 and 80, adapted to receive the corners of a sheet of blotting paper 31 in convenient position to serve as a pad on which the writing operation may beperformed and on which the paper written on may be blotted.

The package of writing paper 26 will be of such length that the lower edges thereof will rest on the crease formed between the flaps 5 and the layer 20f a portfolio. and the slit 25 will be located on the inner layer of the leaf 14. in position most suitable to provide for an attractive display of the writing paper. Packages of envelopes of different colors may be arranged in tiers on the leaf 13 to form a most attractive display and to disclose at a glance the envelopes of a color corresponding to the color of the sheet of writing paper withdrawn from the package 26.

It will be understood, of course, that the flaps 22 or the bodies 24 of the envelopes may be left loose on the layer 3 of the leaf 13, as illustrated by the bottom package 32 of en-- velopes which are arranged in the slit 21 (see Fig. 4). However, for the purpose of forming a compact package, it is preferable that one or the other elements of the envelope have their free ends tucked into the slit immediately below the slit on which the envelopes are supported.

When the envelopes are arranged or packaged as shown in Fig. 3, the portfolio forms a very convenient and compact package of stationery, the leaves of which may be detachably fastened to each other by the cooperating elements 15 and 16 of the snap fastener, and thereby adapt the portfolio for being handled without subjecting the stationery therein to injury or rendering the leaves of the portfolio likely to be torn from each other by careless use.

What I claim is:

A stationery display device made from a blank and comprising a folder, each side of the folder including two sheets unit-ed at their exposed margins, one sheet having a plurality of parallel slots, a plurality of envelopes having flaps, said slots spaced apart a distance less than the width of the envelope flaps and of a length greater than that of the envelope whereby said envelopes may be inserted in one slot and have the free edge of their flaps inserted in a next adjacent slot and back of the envelopes therein.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ARTHUR E. OSBORN. 

